The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-10-06
POWERS AMUSlvE.
A Revivication of Things Which
Amuse the People of Canton
and Vicinity.
Festive Amusements Will Soon be
On in Full Blast in The
Gate City.
Attractions From Abroad Draw ing
Quite q Crowd From This
CIty-NOteS.

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Quite a Crowd From This
City-Notes.
The chill winds of October will latel
on be succeeded by the chillier winds
of November, which will put more
zest into the social pleasures of the
season. The last trace of summer Ian
guor long since took wing, and the on
ly reminder now left that the weather
has ever been sultryis the coming Of
indoor amusementS. Before many
weeks the church socials, home enter
tainments, dances and progressive card
parties will be on in full blast, and the
people will once more lay aside business
for few hours each week and devote
their time to something of pleasur.
able nature. The doors of the opera
house will again be thrown open and
audiences gaze upon promenaders be-
fore the footlights with great interest
The different clubs are being formed,
and pleasant evenings will be whiled
away by young men and women who
are interested in indoor pastime
In this whirling world of ours men
and women exist whose ardent desire
is a greed for money, while the little
pleasures of life are not recognized and
are thrown aside. Joseph Parker, the
distinguished London divine, says it is
a consolation that will not last. 1t
does not fit the measure of life. 1t is a
short line, and leaves life's most urgent
necessities and poignant pains unpro-
vided for. He says the days of man are
but a handful at best; that his breath is
in his nostrils and that death, as men
so understand it, is nearer to him than
what he calls life. Let us beware of a
wasteful, riotous life. How quickly
some men get through with everything.
The landscape furnishes but walk !;
so many miles in length. They would
not care to look upon it second time.
They have seen it. Not they, they can
not see anything. They have been
through the forests, but they have not
seen single leaf. They have heard no
voices in the swaying branches, no an
them in the sunny air. They wonder
that any man can be weak enough to
repeat the pilgrimage to such scene
What is true of nature is true of art.
Young men gallop through the galleries
of art. With glance they have con-
sumed the toll of lifetime; with nod
they have set a fools estimate upon
what has cost a great mans thoughts
blood, anxiety akin to nature. We are
the victims Of cold blood; we wait to
do in coldness what can only be done
with the most intense fire and en-
thusiasm.
SOUTH DAKOTA CLUB.
The organization of what is intended
for permanent and powerful social in
stitution was perfected in the city last
Satusday evening. The rooms lately
occupied by c. B. Kennedy, in the Gale
block, will be fitted up and elaborately
furnished for social, card, billiard and
reception rooms and as the club grows
in numbers large ball room will be ad-
ded to the suite. The society will be
known as the South Dakota Club. Ex-
ceptionally strict rules will govern the
action of the members, and among 9TH
er features is the strict prohibition of
the use of intoxicating liquors in the
rooms. A violation Of the liquor rule
will be deemed sufficient cause for ex-
pulsion. Friday of each week has
been set apart as Ladies Day, at which
time the gentlemen will look after the
entertainment of the fair sex. Besides
the usual form of club amusement
there will be reading room attached
to the suite, for the exclusive use of
the members.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-T. J. Fosdick.
presidents. B. Averill.
Secretary-A. L. Carter.
Treasurer. A. Gale.
Directors j. Fosdick, S. B. Aver
ill, F. A. Gale, II. c. IIichborn, E. S.
O'Neill.
The charter members are Delegate
Clifford, Railroad Commissioner Boyn-
ton, Col. Gale, Z. j. Fosdick, A. L. Car
ter, S. B. Averill, Z. S. O'Neill, G. Il.
carter, II. c. Hichborn, ID. II. Kean, n.
II. Hichborn, G. NJ. Seely, Geo. Frank
lin.
OFF FOR SIOUX CITY.
Although Sioux City is situated in
another state the corn palace glimmers
and glows in such a manner that the
rays come creeping up the Sioux valley
and sheds a halo of brilliant light all over
this section Of Dakota. Canton people
by the hundreds, we can say, are gazing
upon the western wonder this week.
The following persons have attended
the scraze" at different dates: A. G.
Vroman and wife, Capt. Harlan, Jerome
Hawn and wife, w. G. Gemmill, J.
Feldman and family, Frank Huetson
and wife, l. N. Martin, Geo. Martin and
Cora, Miss Eva Cuppett, G.
Miss Berthat Skartvedt, Geo.
Olson, Miss Thorson, A. d. Hymers and
wife, Mrs. II. Woerz, w. NJ. Shields and
wife, d. G. Hull and wife, DIR. Lewis
and wife, J. II. Nickerson and wife, A.
G. Milliman and wife, Chas. Goetz and
wife, Mrs. w. j. Wymers and daughter,
VIM. Cooper, G. c. Bray and wife,. w.
b. Wait and wife, T. P. Thompson, Geo.
Brown, Ole. Hokkenstad, Edgar Dean
md wife, Mrs. P. Anderson, Albert
G. Bray, II. n. Cooper,
John Anderson and wife, Milten Mar
lin, Luther Martin, Will Menor,
yhas. Hymers, S. B. Thompson